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Courses · California

Dry Creek Ranch Golf Course

Galt, California · 18 holes · par 72 · Public/Municipal. Designed by Jack Fleming, opened 1963.

A caddie's yardage book for every hole: plays-like distance from USGS lidar elevation, reach and carry numbers for every bunker and water hazard, green front, middle and back, which way each green falls, and the lay-up zone on par 5s. Distances are from the back tees along the mapped hole; for a shorter tee, take off the scorecard difference.

Course profile

Altitude50 ftCarries about 0% farther
Bunkers25
Holes with water6 of 18
Average fairway width34 yds
Typical green4,600 sq ft
Sloped greens8 of 18Tilt 2% or more
  • At about 50 ft the ball carries about 0% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 150. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
  • Biggest climb: hole 18, where the green sits 6 ft above the tee and plays about 2 yards longer.
  • Biggest drop: hole 12, where the green sits 13 ft below the tee and plays about 4 yards shorter.
  • 8 greens tilt 2% or more. Each hole below says which side of the hole leaves an uphill putt.

Maps: tee at the bottom, green at the top. The dashed line is the mapped hole; the gold band is the lay-up zone; the arrow on the green points downhill.

Scorecard

HoleParHcpBlackBlueWhiteGoldRed
144410396302293275
2412355350339329324
3510549539530522517
4416356351339325322
5318165160151141136
642440431420410405
738200195185175170
856492483461392384
9414336331322312307
1059549543533439439
11317157151139128121
1257531514441434434
1345424404392335330
14415319305284276271
1541464442430329324
16413358353341330323
17311189184172161156
1843431423403335329

Tees

TeeYardsRatingSlope
BlackMale672572.6133
BlueMale655571.8129
WhiteFemale618475.4133
WhiteMale618470.3125
GoldMale566667.8119
RedMale556767.5118
RedFemale556772.5128

Hole 1 · Par 4

Green falls this way

410 (Black) · 396 (Blue) · 302 (White) · 293 (Gold) · 275 (Red) yards · Handicap 4

Plays like
409-2 ft
Green · Black tee
395 · 410 · 425front · middle · back
Green size
31 × 21yards deep × wide
Fairway
29 ydswide at 240
Green slope
2.5%falls to the front-right

In play

  • Bunker front of the green

Playing notes

  • No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
  • The fairway is about 29 yards wide at 240 and narrows to 24 at 210.
  • Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
  • The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Hole 2 · Par 4

355 (Black) · 350 (Blue) · 339 (White) · 329 (Gold) · 324 (Red) yards · Handicap 12

Plays like
354-4 ft
Green · Black tee
342 · 355 · 369front · middle · back
Green size
28 × 24yards deep × wide
Fairway
51 ydswide at 225

In play

  • Bunker front-right of the green

Playing notes

  • Dogleg left at about 227 yards.
  • No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
  • The fairway is about 51 yards wide at 225 and narrows to 44 at 210.
  • The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.

Hole 3 · Par 5

Lay-up zoneGreen falls this way

549 (Black) · 539 (Blue) · 530 (White) · 522 (Gold) · 517 (Red) yards · Handicap 10

Plays like
549+1 ft
Green · Black tee
535 · 549 · 563front · middle · back
Green size
28 × 24yards deep × wide
Fairway
29 ydswide at 232
Green slope
1.5%falls to the front

In play

  • Water left: 115 to reach, 176 to carry
  • Bunker front-left of the green
  • Bunker front-right of the green

Playing notes

  • No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
  • The fairway is about 29 yards wide at 232.
  • Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 31 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
  • Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
  • The green falls from back to front, about 1.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 59 · Par 410 · Par 511 · Par 312 · Par 513 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 4

The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:

  • 15 plays-like yardages
  • 28 hazards with reach and carry
  • 13 green slope reads
  • 3 par-5 lay-up zones

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Hole maps, hazards and playing notes come from mapped course data and USGS 3DEP elevation (public domain), not a visit. Plays-like numbers use the Skitty caddie's rule of one yard per 3 ft of rise, from the longest tee; altitude uses 1.16% of carry per 1,000 ft. Tees, hazards and conditions change; check with the course before you play. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0) via OpenGolfAPI. Scorecard yardages and ratings as published. See a mistake? Email [email protected].

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